Shoe and method of making the same



June 16, 1931. BUEK 1,810,341

SHOE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Original Filed Oct. 8, 1927 Z c/L Bath Patented June 16 .1931

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n; STATE-S11 TYCHO Bunk; or PHILADELPHIA, rnnnsYLvAnIA.

SHOEAND METHOD or Maxine THE SAME Application filed October 8, 1927, Serial .No."224,840. Renewed December 15, 1 930. I

' My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a shoe and themethod of making the same and has for its primary object to first produce a pattern into which pieces 5 of leather or other material are to be woven to provide a design partially if not wholly, predetermined by the pattern.

Another object of the invention isto provide a method of weaving designs in the vamp or other parts of a shoe by cutting out various pieces of the shoe parts and slitting, punching, or perforating said parts to create or make a pattern or design and interlacing strips of leatheror other materials through 15 the slots, slits, apertures or perforations so as to give a woven effect of any desired design and color.

I A further objectof my invention is to pro-v duce a. shoe a portion of which has a design 50 or designs woven therein, said design or designs being predetermined prior to being incorporated in the shoe.

A still further object of the invention is to produce a shoe vamp having a design woven therein.

With these ends in view, this inventionconsists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will forming a part of this application, in which Fig. 1 is a sideelevation of a shoe construoted in accordance, with my invention and illustrating one design. I

Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of one of the blanks.

Fig. 3 is a reverse face view o-fa completed I vamp showing another formation.

In carryingout my invention as herein embodied, I. provide a blank 7 of proper shape to form any part of ashoe upper, but

for convenience. of illustration, one shown will' be a shoe vamp. The blank is of any suitable material generally used for making shoe uppers and has apertures in the form of slots, holes or perforations, or'slits, formed I ing, the latter being illustrated and the stitches being shown at 15, Fig. 3.

In order that'those skilled in the art to,

I the spirit of my invention.

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therein'and any of these by themselves or in; combination of the several forms of apertures and slits may be used. I

In Fig. 2, I have shown a plurality of a spaced slots 8 of varying lengths with slits 93 in the material between the slots and between the edges of the blank and said slots, but of course it is'to be understood that these may be differently arranged according to the de sign desired in the finished article.

Through the apertures or slots and slits,are interlaced or woven strips l t-of leather or other suitable material and said strips may all be of one color or of various colors and r they maybe of a shade similar to that of the; blank or other suitable contrasting color or colors.

Where the strips 14 are tightly interlaced due to the arrangement of the slits, it is unnecessary to further secure the strips 14; as will be obvious, but where the interlacing or weaving is more open, it is necessary to fasten the ends of the strips which may be done by any suitable means as by cementing or stitch- After the strips have been interlaced into the blank to form the, vamp or other part of the upper, said'part may; be embodied in a shoe in the usual manner.

By constructing ashoe upper part in accordance with the invention above described, any design may be produced in said shoe up:- per part prior to incorporation in a shoe.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to. the. exact details of construction as herein shown. as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is:

1. The methodof producing'a shoe uppen part which consists in providing a blank of the desired shape, then forming slots and also slits between adjacent slotsparallel therewith to produce a predetermined pattern, and then weaving strips through the slots and slitsto complete a design.

2. A'shoe upper part comprising a piece of material of the shape desired,- said piece of material having a plurality of spaced parallel slots with slits in the material between said slots, said slits being relatively shorter than the slots, and strips of material interlaced through said slots and slits.

3. In a shoe, an upper having spaced arallel slots of varying lengths produce by cutting and removing sections of the material from the upper and further provided with slits in the material between adjacent slots and of relatively less length than contiguous slots, and strips interlaced through said slots and slits.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

, TYCHO BUEK. 

